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Once Upon A Time Teaching Fairy Tales, Fables, & Myths With Graphic Novels
Chris Duffy
Editor of Fable Comics, Fairy Tale Comics, Nursery Rhyme Comics, and the SpongeBob Comics series
Alexis Fajardo Creator of Kid Beowulf
Ben Hatke Creator of Mighty Jack, Zita the Spacegirl, Little Robot
Kel McDonald Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales
Dr. Katie Monnin Teaching Graphic Novels, Teaching Reading Comprehension with Graphic Texts, Teaching New Literacies in Elementary Language Arts
Moderator
Tracy Edmunds, M.A.Ed. Teacher and education consultant
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Fables, Fairy Tales, & Myths
Myth Supernatural story about
gods, ancestors, or heroes; attempts to explain mysteries
Fable Short story with a moral,
often with animal characters
Fairy Tale Story about magical
beings and lands, usually intended for children
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Tall Tale Exaggerated, purposefully
unreliable story
Folk Tale Traditional tale passed down
through generations in a culture
…and Legends & Folk Tales & Tall Tales
Legend Story of a great character, real or imaginary; usually a
specific time and place
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• Usually originate in a specific culture
• Passed down through generations, often through oral tradition
• Speak to universal and timeless themes
• Try to make sense of our existence, help humans cope with the world in which they live, or explain the origin of something
• Are often adapted to the time, place, and culture of the storyteller
Common Features
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Why Comics?
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Dr. Ka'e Monnin
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Anthologies from First Second Chris Duffy, editor
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Ben Hatke
Mighty Jack
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Alexis Fajardo
Kid Beowulf
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Cau'onary Fables & Fairy Tales Kel McDonald, editor
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Rapunzel’s Revenge By Shannon and Dean Hale and Nathan Hale
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Gareth Hinds George O’Connor Eric Shanower
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Toon Graphic Mythology Series
Yvan Pommaux
More from Toon Books
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LiJle Lit series Spiegelman & Mouly, editors
Mike Townsend
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Trickster MaI Dembicki, editor All the Hales
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Classics Illustrated Papercutz
Capstone Graphic Spin series Far Out Fairy Tales
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Fables Willingham, Buckingham, Leialoha
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Hellboy Mike Mignola